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"We were warriors," Deputy Chief Bill Scott recently told a room filled with LAPD rank-and-file officers, a group of fresh-faced rookies watching from the front, the Los Angeles Times reports. Now, he said, officers need to think of themselves as guardians watching over communities — not warriors cracking down on them.
Read More →The noisy garbage trucks that lumber down San Jose, Calif., streets every week could soon pick up more than just trash -- they might also scan license plates, too, in a proposed city-wide sweep for stolen vehicles.
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A Seattle PD officer saw a speeding car run a red light. When Officer Anthony Reynolds pulled the car over, the driver jumped out of the car and shouted his wife was in labor.
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Many LAPD officers are angry at the release of "Straight Outta Compton" ... because they feel the movie fuels hatred of police and compromises their safety.
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Deputy Carl Howell was a nine-year veteran of the Carson City Sheriff's office. He leaves behind a wife, Rachel Howell, and four small children ages 7-12 in Lyon County.
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Benjamin Peter Ashley was shot and killed just after 5 p.m. in Inyokern, according to the Kern County Coroner's Office. Ashley, 34, is suspected of killing one man, kidnapping three others and wounding two sheriff's deputies in a spree of violence last month.
Read More →The nine people played a part in the killing of Korey Kauffman, 26, or helped cover it up and mislead investigators, the officials said.
Read More →California laws that punish people who injure police horses and dogs in the line of duty now extend to volunteer law enforcement animals.
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A 30-year-old off-duty deputy with the Contra Costa County (Calif.) Office of the Sheriff died Thursday trying to save someone from drowning in Lake Tahoe.
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The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) has announced that Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, Wis., will be the keynote speaker at the 2015 Tactical Conference Awards Banquet, to be held Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015.
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